Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-28
MINING MATTERS.

Genera Activity in the Mines Around
Butte-A Large Dody Of Rich Ore
Struck in the HonsrProspects in Gal
latin and Park Counties.
During the severe cold weather the Old
Lexington mill on the east side suspended
operations for a time.
At the Parrot No. z, on North Wyoming
street, arrangements arc being made to
start up in a few days. The engine is being
put in condition. and timbers are being de-
livered on the ground. This mine is on the
regular copper belt.
Such improvements as the present state
of the weather will allow are being made at
the Colusa smelter. ~
Next summer will zee Meaderville as lively
as Butte, as the amount OF work laid out
in mines, smelters, etc. will give employ.
ment to many artisans and laborers.1 =
The old ore dump, that has lain undis-
turbed so long at the Gray Eagle mine is
being hauled to the smelter for reduction.
Some troubled is being caused in the Basin
district by parties surveying over ground
OF Others and making applications for pat.
ents. There is uneasiness among many of
the claimants in this city. and steps are
being taken to Illustrate the designs Of the
parties who are trying to get patents for
more ground than belongs to them. The
parties interested believe there will be quite
a mining boom in Basin next summer,
owing to the cheap transportation OF ores
assured by the new railroads.
The Parrot mine has on it's staff a chief
OF a fire department and q foreman Of a
jury.
At the Chambers Syndicate group OF
mines everything progresses as usual. When
the new Anaconda works are completed
more miners will be employed, as a present
but a limited quantity OF ore can be dis
posed Of. I'll .:.r '.a-..
Arrangements are being made to com.
mence sinking in the Parrot on January /.
and il will be sunk to the 7OO-foot level.
The Parrot is the most completely tim.
bered and ventilated mine in the district,
and it's perfect condition is due to Superin-
tendent Ben Tibbey whose knowledge of
deep mining is not exceeded by that OF any !
mining engineer in Montana.
The Mountain View has about all it's inn
provements completed, except placing IN
position the new engine that is daily ex
pected to arrive. The small engine that
has been used in developing the property
from the grassroots down to it's present
depth is still used for hosting. A large
number OF miners are employed in enlarg-
ing the stations and running drifts, and
when the large engine is in position, the
work OF hosting ore will be actively and
continuously carried on. Considerable ore
is now being produced ana reduced at the
works OF the company at Meaderville.
The large Cornish pump that has been
placed in the bed OF Silver Bow Creek at the
Blue Bird mill is now in operation, supply
ing water to the works. The cables that
carry the motive power from the large ell.
CINE at the mill, are of considerable length,
m sag down over the road. l.
At the Hope mine not long since there J
were probabilities OF suspension, but the {
company have opened up q new body of
ore in virgin ground that il equal in extent
and richness to any previous strikes in the
mine. Frank Barrettis the superintendent {
agement had to be commended with the T,
property is now showing up SO we'll as to :
insure it's future standing among the bull .
lion producers. I
MIR. Thomas Purcell has leased the Robert 9
Emmett, Nos. 1 and 2, to Tobin & Co. =
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Bozeman Courier: The machinery for a b
ten stamp quartz mill arrived at Beaver y
Creek last week. Three expert machinists Z
from the State Of Georgia are busy placing t
The machinery in position, preparatory to "
operationsi in the pring. Twelve t
hundred tons OF ore are now ready for tine Ii
'rusher. The ore assaysfrom four to eight g.
dollars per ton in silver and gold. K
The mine is known as the Iron Age. and is n
owned by eastern capitalists. Since the 81
price Of copper has raised from eleven to 7
cents. the mines north OF here. in d
he Sixteen Mile aud Copperopolis districts. p
are again getting attention paid them, and II
claims not represented last year are being W
'elocated by the dozen. There are plenty r,
of veins OF ore which assay from ten to W
per cent. copper, and it would s.
Jay to look after them. The district is
oniy sixty miles from Bozeman and we
at least, nave an eye on them.
Van Tassel &C.,, who have been vigorously1
gushing development work on the Great
in Emigrant Gulch, q few daysl o
,go struck a large body of itch galena ore. :"
they ran q tunnel into the face of the c'
to a distance OF ~forty.five feet, "
n order to demonstrate the permanent A
OF tho lead, with the result as A
'tated. They are confident that they ha We A
he largest body of ore that has so far been A
discovered, either in southeastern or cen b
raj Montana, and that it is of such char. B
lcter and quality as will yield returns B
quail to the best mining property III the ter B
itory. B
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